Daily Inspiration - Embrace normalcy

I know...I know...I'm late.  It's been a day from heck! Embrace normalcy. 

 

In your life after WLS, you have focused on yourself. You have undergone changes in your body, diet, and environment. Maybe you've been noticed and praised a bit. People are talking to you, holding doors, looking you in the eye. Maybe you're feeling more confident. Sometimes you feel like the center of attention. Soon the attention may lessen. You reach goal and become just an ordinary person again. New people you meet don't even know you were ever obese. Life will resume as it did before. The end of the joy ride can be a big let down. The great test is to try not to become that center again. Enjoy being a regular person with common experiences to share with others. The roller coaster ride is over, and the real journey to wellness has begun. 

Action for the day: Work on accepting that your time as the center of attention passes; it is a part of life not a statement of who you are. Today, make an effort to be a friend among friends, not the star. 

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Good advice indeed. It may be part of what I'm dealing with as things aren't quite right at the moment. Glad to see you late than not at all.  I was afraid you had pulled something or thought we weren't waiting with baited breath for your daily inspiration and motivation. Why haven't we seen your new avatar from glamour world???  Brightroom pics from the 10K came today.  I gotta get home so I can sse them.  I can access the site from my work PC. DRAT!!!